Improvement in cotton-planters



prima time DWIGHT 1F. WELSH,

for NEvAnA, onIo.

Letters Patent No. 110,807, dated January 3, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PLANTERS.

The Schedule lreferred. to in these' Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that' I, DWIGHT F. WELSH,otNevada, in the county of Wyandot and State of Ohio, have inventedeertainlmprovements in Cotton-seed Planters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof',reference being had to the-annexed drawing making part of thisspecilication, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation, showing a portionin section of my improved machine. f v Figure 2 is a plan view,A portionof the hopper and cover to the conductor spout being broken away to showthe interior arrangement. Y

The same letters are used in both` figures to indicate identical parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and eli'ectivemachine for planting cotton-seed aud My improvements consist- First, inthe employment of va seed shaft, c011- strueted .withhook-shapedprojections or lingers in clusters of three, by which' the seed is'drawn'out of the hopper and carried to the delivery spout, Aa hopper providedwith a brush upon each side of the discharge opening of the hopper, toform, together with the seed-shafathe bottom thereto, while one of saidbrushes also serves to brush off any surplus seed from the teeth of theseed-shaft and retain it in the hopper, -and a revolving whipper,consisting of' a shaft with several series of short spring wires toknock the seed out of the clusters of teeth into the deliveryspout; and

Second, the combination of a seed-shaft with a revolving whipper, all ofwhich will be made more fully fo appear inthe description and claim,which fol'- To enable those skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the annexed drawing-.-

A represents the frame of the machine, composed of longitudinal andtransverse timbers firmly jointed together, and provided at the forwardend with suitable clips, to which a thill or tongue is lto be attached,and at the rear end with a handle by which to manipulate it.

The frame is mounted upon a broad-tread Wheel or roller, B, which isarranged within the former in rear of the seed-delivery spout, andserves, besides supporting the frameand appendages, to cover the seedand roll the bed.

The shovel Gis arranged in-*front of the delivery spout, and opens'thefurrow into which the seed is dropped.

The seed-is contained in the hopper D, of suitable capacity, Which-isplaced'across the'frame labove the vseed-shaft E, which latter vformsits bottom together with the brushes Dland D2.

'lhese brushes are secured '\upon the inside of the hopper, opposite toeach other, near the bottom, so tha. their bristles will be in contactwith the seedsha t.

v The journals of the latter project through their.

bearings upon each side of theframe, and upon the overhung end of one, apulley, El, is mounted, which is driven by means of' a belt from apulley, E, upon the axle of the supporting roller B, as shown, while theother carries a spur-wheel, E.

rIhe seed-shaft is provided with hook-shaped iingers or teeth c earranged thereon, 'either in longitudinal rows, as shown, or spirally,but always in clusters of three set in a triangle.

The hooks of the teeth are bent in the direction in which the shaftrevolves, and the seeds are pulled out of the hopper by them, and one ormore retained in veach space'inclosed by a cluster.

As each cluster in its revolution passes'the brush D2, the surplus seedsare brushed from the teeth and retained in the hopper, while the seedswithin the cluster are carried from, the hopper to the delivery spout tobe dropped from it hito the furrow made by the shovel.

'lo assist in the discharge of the seedsv from the teeth, I providearevolving whipper, F, which is arranged inthe upper portion of thedelivery spout G, in front of the seed-shaft, it being rapidly revolvedby means' of a pinion, F', which gears into and is driven by th'espur-wheel E3 on the seed-shaft.

The whipper is composed of'a shaft with several `rows of shortspringwires f f, which, in revolving,

pass in close proximity to the 'periphery of the seed-A shaft andbetween its teeth, knocking -out "alltheseeds which may not fall out bytheir own gravityi The wires f should be made so yielding that they willnot injure tlie seed in knocking it out of the clusters of teeth on theseed-shaft. v

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The seed-shaft' El, when constructed with hooklshaped teeth e'e,arranged thereon in triangular clusters, the brushes D1D2,and therevolving whipper F f, when constructed substantially in the mannerherein shown and described.

2. The combination of the seed-shaft E e and the revolving whipper F f,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to the foregoingspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' Witnesses:v

G. W. BALLIET, D. J. MINIEB.

DWIGHT n. WnLsH.

